Nuclear Externality Warfare and the Political Economy of Escalation: Bushehr, GCC Risk Redistribution and the Military–Industrial–Financial Nexus in Contemporary Conflict Systems

ABSTRACT (Scholarly Analytical Overview) The contemporary escalation involving Iranian nuclear infrastructure—specifically the repeated targeting of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant—must be interpreted not merely as an isolated kinetic episode but as a node within a broader multi-domain conflict system spanning deterrence signaling, energy security, nuclear risk externalization, and the political economy of defense-industrial networks. The … Leggi tutto Nuclear Externality Warfare and the Political Economy of Escalation: Bushehr, GCC Risk Redistribution and the Military–Industrial–Financial Nexus in Contemporary Conflict Systems